Iain Davidson

Iain completed his Ph.D at Cambridge based on Spanish Palaeolithic fauna and economy, and has since carried out research and publication on the Spanish Palaeolithic and on Australian prehistory. He has published extensively on the archaeology of language origins. He conducts research on all aspects of archaeology including painted caves in Northwestern Queensland and consultancy in Queensland, N.S.W. and Western Australia. His current research interests include rock art and the narrative of Australian archaeology.

Experience

–present

Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Humanities, University of New England

2008–2009

Visting Chair of Australian Studies, Anthropology Department, Harvard University

Education

1981

University of Cambrige, UK, PhD (Archaeology and Anthropology)

Publications

2010

Australian archaeology as historical science, Journal of Australian Studies 34, 377-398.

2010

The colonization of Austalia and its adjacent islands, and the evolution of modern cognition, Current Anthropology 51(s1) s177-s189